Although this isn't new, it is still very cool! Saitama University's Human-Robot Interaction Center is doing R&D on care support robots. This wheelchair, developed by the Center, is a standard wheelchair with a camera and laser sensor attached. It has been designed to automatically track and follow the person next to it. "The wheelchair uses this distance sensor to check the position of the person. With position checking alone, the wheelchair can follow behind someone. But when the Read more [...]

"Where were these back in the day when I wanted to stay up late reading under the covers?" Bookofjoe.com From websites: .......................... Light up a child's room with these nightlight globes or remove one to use as a light source. These portable nightlight globes stay lit for 30 minutes before fading to darkness to ease anyone into falling asleep. Multi-color nightlight lets you select your favorite color with a sliding lever or cycle through them all Portable Read more [...]

Simroid is a dental training robot being developed by the Nippon Dental University Hospital and dental equipment maker Morita Manufacturing. Based on a prototype first presented in 2007, this robot is much more advanced, and there are plans to release the robot commercially. This robot patient is manufactured by Kokoro, who also make the Actroid line of lifelike humanoid robots. It has been developed as a training tool to improve students patient communication skills by emphasizing attitude Read more [...]

image credit: http://blog.mytrendyphone.co.uk "Beautifully simple"; that's the marketing tag-line of Nokia's promotion of the N9 Smartphone. The N9 is the first, yet last, phone to run on Meego, the joint collaboration between Nokia's Maemo project and Intel's Moblin Software. Thanks to Nokia for sending us a device for 2-weeks trial, "Love on the first sight" they call it! You'll notice that the smartphone doesn't have any buttons on the front, with only the volume controls and a lock Read more [...]

"Robots have been singing for a minute. But the HRP-4C doesn’t just sing, she performs. Watch her chirp the lyrics to her song, work the crowd, and shake her stuff in sync with her back up dancers. It’s pretty amazing." http://my.opera.com/igun/blog Here's a must see video: "The divabot, as she’s being called, is being developed at Japan’s Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. She uses special software to precisely mimic a human singer’s head Read more [...]

Every day we hear of people suffering from food allergies who have accidently consumed something they should not have, yet you would think that with today’s technology that this is something that could easily be handled! Well if this device makes it into the stores then that sort of thing would be history! This is Erik Borg’s Food Allergen Detector and it can detect even the slightest amount of milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat, the eight most common foods that cause Read more [...]

I really didn't know they were so advanced in communication and technology 😀 ! If you were the owner what could have you done? Share us your experience 😛 lol. How about a free giveway of this stylish phone from CoolesTech.com, would it be cool 😉 ? By Jennifer Daniel. [via Fancy], thanks Joe! Read more [...]

"Washington University researchers are looking to develop contact lenses that would allow you to check your email, surf the web, and more , all with the blink of an eye." According to Digitaltrends: "With computers and smart devices decreasing in size and increasing in function, it seems that researchers at the University Washington are taking that concept even further. A team from the University has recently completed trials on a new generation of Terminator-like contact lenses that Read more [...]

Now this is a big deal! Who thought that the lowest prices are available only on black Friday? Visit Decide.com and know when the best time to buy what you need is! Read more [...]

"Finally you can do something with that old LCD monitor you have in the garage. You can turn it into a privacy monitor! It looks all white to everybody except you, because you are wearing "magic" glasses! All you really have to have is a pair of old glasses, x-acto knife or a box cutter and some solvent (paint thinner)." Learn how to make a similar one right this moment! Steps and Source "قام موقع instructables بشرح طريقة تستطيع من خلالها جعل محتويات Read more [...]

"Give your iPad 2 the stunning illusion of invisibility. Its screen can behave like transparent glass. As you move your iPad, you and your friends will swear you're seeing through it to a table top or floor underneath, or even into a fanciful virtual world." 99 cents — "because invisibilty — unlike information* — doesn't want to be free." [Book Of Joe] [via Richard Kashdan] *Information wants to be free." — Stewart Brand Read more [...]

From Colossal: "Art director Murilo Melo created this killer poster series for Companhia Athletica Gyms in Brazil by dismantling sloth-inducing televisions, video games, and computers and using their thousands of parts to create exercising humans, urging you to 'switch your routine for ours.'" "The project took four months to execute and is well documented on this pretty awesome website where you can see production shots, download high-res images (recommended Read more [...]